Watch-protector.



No. 702,777. Patented lune I7, I902,

. J. COHEN.-

WATGH PROTECTOR.

(Application filed Oct. 30, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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- UNITED STATESdPATENT OFFICE.

JACOB COHEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATCH-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 702,777, dated 11118 1902- Application filed October 30, 1901. serial No. 80,499. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AOOB COHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watch- Protectors, of which thefollowing is a full,- clear, and exact description.

This invention is a device for preventing the theft of a watch from the pocket of the owner; and it consists of a peculiar construction of claspzadapted to be adjusted to the inside of thepocket in a position where the watch-chain can pass through it freely and ing the positiorfof the watch, the chain, and

the protecting device. Figs. 2 and 3 are s'ectional views of the pocket, showing the protector closed and opened; and Fig. 4 is a per spective View of the protector itself. 7

The protector consists, essentially, of two fiat bars at and b, hinged together at one end,

' asat 0, one of said bars being provided with an offset portionol, forming a passage-way for the watch-chain. also be provided with a latch or lockingdevice for securing the two bars together when the device is closed over the chain. The form of latch shown is merely a spring-lip 0L inside of which the end of the other bar springs but'any other devicem'ay be used for this:

purpose, a lock being provided, if. desired.

In order to secure the device to the pocket,

I attach to the bar a two T-shaped pieces a a which for security are riveted thereto.

These T-pieces are adapted to pass through;

perforations in the goods, and when thus inserted they form cross-heads, preventing the device'fr'ornibeing detached. As an itddl. tional, security these .cross -heads may be sewed to the goods bypassing threads through" ing or seamat the side of the pocket.

by the offset portion V :ajthief is made to takethewatch from the One of the, bars will. :pocket'bythechainthe'act is frustrated, be-

into the upper corner of theipocket, so that the hinge will coincide with the line of stitchthe bar I) is sewed to the front portion of the pocket and the bar a is secured in the manner before described to the back portion of the pocket. The ofiset portion a will make an inward depression in the material of the pocket, which will not be visible from the outside and which will not be sollarge as to cause inconvenience to the wearer. With the hinge of the device located as described the set of the pocket and the movement of the flap will not be changed nor the opening into the pocket restricted.

To adjust the watch-chain, thedevice is opened to the -position shown in Fig. 3 by merely pressing it open with the thumb. The chainv will then fall into place by the mere insertion of the watch into the pocket. The device is then closed by pressing on the outside of the pocket, which forces the bar 1; into engagement with the latch on the bar a. The chain is then confined in the space formed In case an attempt by cause the watch cannot pass through the protecting device, whereas the person wearing the device can readily lift the watch out by the chain after first openingthe device with the thumb, or he can grasp the watch and liftit from the-pocket, allowingthe chain to run through the device into the pocket.

My 'invention-is not limited .to the precise shape of protector shown and described. The

bars may be differently formed to provide space for the chain, and the offset may be partineach bar; but an important feature of'my inventionis the fact that the hinge of the two barsis 'located in the corn'e'roradja cent to the seam of 'thepocke't so-ihat the device will not interfere with the freeimovement of the pocketeflap'and will not "restrict the opening into the pocket when the device is opened, notwithstanding it is sewed both to the front and the back of the pocket.

Then

IO pocket, the rear bar having an offset portion forming an opening for the watch-chain, and a fastening device for the bars at the ends opposite the hinge, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I subscribe my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB COHEN.

Witnesses:

WM. A. RosENBAUM, WALDo M. CHAPIN. 

